Louisa Boyd
Rooted in sacred geometry and guided by the universal longing for belonging, this artist weaves celestial cartography with heritage craft to create sculptural and print-based works that bridge ancient symbolism with contemporary form.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Royal West Academy of England, Paper Works show (April 27) London Art Fair Encounters (2023), Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2023, 2019, 2017 and 2014), Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 (online edition), 2019, 2018), New Light Prize Exhibition (2020/2021) and the Flourish Award Exhibition (2020/2021)
Louisa Boyd is a multidisciplinary artist who works with print and sculpture.
Her prints and sculptural works are inspired by cartography, both celestial and terrestrial. The forms rely on sacred geometry for their structure using the elements of mathematics that underpin the fabric of the world we exist within. Often features the Platonic Solids in her sculptural work, working with Plato’s theory that each of the five regular polyhedra connected to the five elements of nature; earth, air, fire, water and aether.
“My etchings are made using copper plates with a combination of deep etch techniques and automatic, free drawing into grounds. By layering abstract, drawn imagery made with traditional drawing tools and printmaking processes with more abstract painterly marks, the outcomes are a visual fusion of historic and contemporary ideas.
I integrate traditional methods into my contemporary practice and have spent time learning heritage crafts such as printmaking techniques with a particular focus on etching, bookbinding techniques for finishing skills and hand marbling. Use of such methods allows me to explore belonging from a cultural perspective in my prints and sculptures, yet present these methods in a contemporary context.”
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